You may remember that we reported at the start of March that 11 riders set out from Greenwich on the World Cycle Race, attempting to break the circumnavigation record for unsupported riders. They’ve been out there for almost a month now so now’s as good a time as any to catch up with their progress … Read more
This neat little light from Portland funsters PDW won’t win you any prizes in the great rear light arms race but it’s a useful safety aid nonetheless.PDW do good names and there’s a clue in this one. It attaches to your mudguard rather than the seatpost, which means it’s impossible to forget or lose. If … Read more
Aside from the Red, which from a roadie’s point of view was the most interesting thing on the giant SRAM stand (no disc brakes on display; I repeat, no discs), the company’s big news was its launch of a new e-bike systemm, the E-matic. Stick with me on this, it’s pretty interesting.It’s taken SRAM a … Read more
KHS have always focussed on the 'value' end of the product spectrum in the UK although in the USA where they've been established since 1974 they have a reputation for a wider selection including more exotic machinery. According to their Steve Wingham, this year we will even see some of the carbon bikes used by the CashCall KHS professional race team – more on them in a moment – but meanwhile, they're not losing the plot and forgetting who their key customers have been.
Top class night racing returns to the City of London on June 9th with the 6th edition of the IG London Nocturne – this year’s event will also be filmed on Channel 4 and be available to watch online on 4OD, the announcement of all this good stuff was also accompanied by a row over … Read more
Yesterday marked the official launch of the Summer of Cycling campaign in the House of Commons’ Strangers’ Dining Room. The initiative is a unified approach by over twenty cycling organisations to promoting cycling in 2012, and aims to use a campaign website and social media channels to encourage new cyclists and allow people to share … Read more
Kovert’s top of the range FX-Pro is pitched at what is probably the most hotly contested bike battle of 2012 – the one to be the best affordable electronic shifting bike. Launched at the 2011 Cycle Show, Kovert’s ethos is to bring race bikes to the market at affordable prices. The brand’s racing commitment is … Read more
A Cambridge lawyer has maintained that motorists need to be aware of what they can do to minimise risks of hitting cyclists, and that to say the rider “came from nowhere” is an unacceptable excuse following a collision, reports Cambridge News.Daryl Robinson, who works as a personal injury litigator at law firm Barr Ellison Solicitors … Read more
Volvo, the car company well known for the safety features on its vehicles is introducing an integrated airbag into the bonnet of the 2013 model year V40 which goes into production in May with the aim of giving more protection to pedestrians and cyclists in the event of a collision.Thomas Broberg, senior technical advisor at … Read more
The bespoke bicycle frame maker Swallow Handmade Frames is to relaunch at the Bespoked Bristol Show coming up.Well known in the 1980s and ’90s in the UK for their innovative frames and specialist components for tandems and mountain bikes, Peter Bird and Robert Wade are hand-making frames again after a 12 year break. Back in … Read more
